AboutiHub

Providing digital health innovation strategy to Brigham’s community of clinicians, researchers and staff, iHub gives innovators a larger and more supported opportunity to advance their cutting-edge digital ideas and solutions by guiding the evaluation, testing and implementation of their innovations into the hospital.

Serving as a connection point between experts at the Brigham and the broader innovation ecosystem of start-ups, industry and venture capitalists, iHub helps enable and advance collaboration needed to achieve the promise of digital health innovation.

Here at iHub, we believe that the development and implementation of digital solutions will be key to transforming the health care industry; leading to the increase in quality, access to care, reducing health care costs, and improving patient and employee experience. We are a dedicated team, with diverse backgrounds covering innovation, technology and entrepreneurship, working together to foster, enable, and accelerate digital innovation, implementation and adoption.

Since its launch in 2013, the Brigham Digital Innovation Hub (iHub) has been a leader in Boston’s health care innovation ecosystem.

The founding of the Brigham Digital Innovation Hub (iHub) derived from an internal unmet need.

When surveyed, about 72% of BWH employees said they had an innovative idea but didn’t know how to make it a reality.

In 2013, iHub launched as a resource center for innovators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to advance their ideas for improving care, bringing technology-based ideas to fruition. Since then iHub has evolved into a broader digital health initiative, supporting internal innovators as they further their ideas and concepts, scanning and collaborating with industry to bring leading-edge digital solutions into the hospital, creating the hospital of the future.

OUR INNOVATION STORY

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to drive more patient-centered, efficient, and safe care through use, development, evaluation and commercialization of digital health.

iHub does this by:

Identifying and evaluating internal and external technology to address the challenge at hand,

Fostering a culture of innovation dedicated to the digital transformation of health care.

inside the walls of an amc

We are excited to be disrupting from inside one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers to drive positive impact on patient care. As an innovation organization inside the hospital, with access to leading health care specialists and support from Brigham and Partners leadership, iHub remains at a competitive advantage to accelerate digital innovation. iHub aims to make innovation and the digital transformation of health care part of the Brigham’s daily routine.

OUR UNIQUE

PERSPECTIVE

With the mission of fostering and testing new ideas in clinical settings, iHub has helped innovators launch, advance and pilot projects focused on digital health to streamline hospital operations, improve care delivery and enhance the patient and employee experience.

iHub also serves as a connection point between clinicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists, helping to navigate the complex institution that is an AMC.

Over the years iHub has had the honor to work with innovators spanning many Brigham departments, academic levels and interest areas, as well as connected making extraordinary progress in improving patient care and advancing groundbreaking research. using our strong close network to its fullest extent, connecting with leaders in healthcare, technology and education. This community is made up of innovators who have the passion to enable change, the courage to pursue high reward in the face of high risk, the creativity to get the job done, and the ability to make innovation accessible to all.

Brigham Health

Brigham Health is a global leader, devoted to maintaining and restoring health for people everywhere. Brigham Health is composed of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization.

Our clinicians and researchers collaborate across many disciplines and specialties, passionately committed to delivering breakthroughs that help people everywhere. This culture of innovation and discovery underpins all we do. Our focus is on developing exciting new ways to keep people in optimal health and fight diseases that threaten their well-being.

Partners Healthcare

Partners HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system that is committed to patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community locally and globally. Collaboration among our institutions and health care professionals is central to our efforts to advance our mission.

Founded in 1994 by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare includes community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, a physician network, community health centers, home care and other health-related entities.